(1) Financial assistance reserved for local
solid waste planning and implementation will be used to develop or maintain the
department-approved local solid or hazardous waste management plan, and for
eligible programs contained in those plans.
(2) Financial assistance reserved for local
solid waste enforcement programs will be used to enforce rules and regulations
adopted under chapter 70.95 RCW, and must provide for an outcome that is
measurable. Programs include, but are not limited to:
(a) Develop and maintain local regulations or
ordinances governing solid waste handling.
(b) Enforce locally adopted regulations or
ordinances governing solid waste handling.
(c) Enforce state minimum functional
standards as set forth in chapters
173-350,
173-351, and
173-304 WAC.
(d) Inspect and authorize the disposal of
abandoned junk vehicles in accordance with
RCW
70.95.240.
(e) Investigate illegal dumping of solid
waste (provided that the enforcing authority takes reasonable action to
determine and identify the person responsible for illegally dumping solid
wastes).
(3) The
department will consider eligible solid waste programs in the following
descending order:
(a)
Local hazardous
waste plans and programs that:
(i)
Develop or maintain the local hazardous waste management plan.
(ii) Manage household hazardous wastes that
are generated or otherwise present within the jurisdiction.
(iii) Provide for ongoing public involvement
and public education in regard to the management of moderate risk waste to
include information as identified under
RCW
70.105.220(1)(b).
(iv) Provide for an outcome that is
measurable.
(b)
Local solid waste plans and programs that:
(i) Develop or maintain the local solid waste
management plan.
(ii) Reduce waste
and recycle.
(iii) Address local
need (provided proposed expenditures meet eligible cost criteria).
(iv) Provide for an outcome that is
measurable.
(4) Projects or related costs that are not
eligible include:
(a)Solid waste incinerator
feasibility studies, construction, maintenance, or operation.
(b) New landfill construction or landfill
expansion, or landfill upgrading at an operating facility to meet the
requirements of chapters
173-350 and
173-351 WAC.
(d)Garbage
collection and disposal, except start up and operational costs for waste
reduction and recycling programs.
(e) Solid and hazardous waste expenses not
directly related to compliance with state solid and hazardous waste laws and
rules.
(f) Projects designed to
address restoration of Puget Sound, funded in a competitive grant process, that
are in conflict with the action agenda developed by the Puget Sound partnership
under RCW
90.71.310.
(g)High performance buildings.
(h) Natural disasters where there is no
hazardous substance contamination.
(i) Costs associated with biosolids managed
under chapter
173-308 WAC including feasibility studies, trainings, compliance
and monitoring.
(5) The
department will review applications and evaluate projects, as defined in WAC
173-312-070, and as further
described in guidelines.
